Returning for a third edition this popular event has now evolved into a weekend event with a gravel crit on Saturday, camping overnight and then Children's races and the full Grundig180 race on Sunday. The Grundig180 race is a three hour (180 mins) race on Newnham's extensive fire roads, the course is approximately seven miles long so your aim is to complete sub 30 minute laps to ensure that you finish before the clock strikes three hours., any laps completed after the three hour time limit will be discounted  The event will be held on the first May bank holiday and is a perfect excuse for a quick get away/ short holiday. 

Please note that all (manually powered) bikes are welcome to race this event but the course will definitely favour drop handlebar bikes. 
 

  Newnham Park, Plymouth, has a storied history after being a host venue of the Grundig World Mountain Bike Series in the 90s. For those of you who are local, you will be aware of the continued use of Newnham for regional and national MTB XCO races and also for numerous enduro and cyclocross events, It's clear to see that this is a fantastic cycling venue. 

The route in 2024 was welcomed by most as a tip of the hat to the MTB heritage of Newnham, in 2025, we made the course a little less MTB and more gravel-oriented, this proved to be popular so we will keep with the same sort of course design for 2026.   

Timetable 

Saturday

1600 registration open

1615 crit practice 

1700 crit race

Sunday

0830 registration open 

0840 children's course practice 

0900 children's race

0945 children's race finish 

1000 main course practice 

1100 main race start. 

1400 main race finish 

1630 venue closed

Location

Newnham park 

Plympton 

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